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FOR years it has been the custom of the
Wall-street magnates to lock up money for
a few days to depress prices of stocks. Then
the people who want stocks to go up under
the influence of cheap money raise hue
and cry about financial stringency and call
on the United States Treasury for "relief"
Always protesting against such a course, all
Secretaries, since the war at least have
yielded and sold gold, called bonds, antici-
pated interest, etc, and for few days money
has been plenty till the same operation
could lie gone through with again.
Last week, when the Secretary announced
a call for $4,000, 900 in bonds, the telegraph
operator receiving the dispatch for the Asso-
ciated Press at Boston made a mistake, and
it was printed the next morning in all the
papers of that city as $124OO0000. The
:" Bulls" literally climbed over each other
when the exchange opened to buy every
thing, and prices went booming. 1t was an
hour before the mistake was discovered, and
some enthusiastic gentlemen found them
selves some thousands of dollars worse off
than they were the evening before.
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and merits the opprObrium of all honest

and merits the opprobrium of all honest
men.
What reasonable ground therefore is there
upon which TO demand a reduction of the
National revenues? Literally none at all.
We have shown how the Secretary of the
Treasury has found a profitable and easy
way in which to dispose of the temporary
surplus cash, and the next Congress can pro-
vide legitimate means TO spend all that will
accumulate in future till more bonds come
due. The time will soon roll around.
OR way TO deal with the problem is TO
waste our substance at the expense of our
creditors or the public defense.
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Col. WM. II. MORRISON comes blushingly
forward and intimates that if his old Con-
gressional district will only pop the question,
he may accept the nomination again next
Fall. The Colonel had better look the facts
squarely in the face, and remember that there
are several thousand old soldiers in his dis
trict who did not resign after their first bat
tie as he did, and these men defeated him at
the last election because he refused to do
them justice in the matter of pensions. We
have not heard that they have changed their
views as to the comparative value of Col.
Morrison at home and Col. Morrison in Con-
gress.
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of our boys had been captured cot over the
breastwOrks thinking chat some of them might
have been killed after surrendering. It was
then that / noticed the tree, and what more
particularly called &c to my attention and i'm
pressed it ON my mind was the fact that d.
rectly under the fallen tree was dead rebel
soldier. 1t was rebel bullets that did the BUSH
ness. The tree fell toward the rebel lines, and
undoubtedly tho appearance of the stump will
show whether it fell the same direction the
bullets came from or rice versa. If the former
then of course it was rebel bullets, and il the
latter. Union bullets Will some one examine
the stump and let us hear from him?-SUMNER
A. SMITH, Co. G., 10th ". Y, Sing Sing NY.
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THE PRISONERS OF WAR.

The annual meeting of the National Asso-
citation of Union Ex-Prisoners of War at
Chicago was unusually productive of good
results. In the first place, the cumbrous
and ineffective division into Local and State
Associations was simplified and improved
by abOlishing the State Associations. In
future the Local Associations will report
directly TO the National Association and be
Immediately under its control. This will
bring the whole body of Ex-Prisoners into
closer relations, enable scattered comrades
10 unite themselves with the nearest asso-
citation, and make the whole body more COM
pact and easier handled. The abolition of
charter fees TO the States and the lowering
of those TO the National Association will
greatly facilitate the formation of Local
Associations in neighborhoods in which
there are but few comrades residing. The
organization now resembles very much that
of the various Army and Corps Societies.
The Pension Bill adopted will generally
subjected TO careful scrutiny, and vigorous
discussion, which developt that it repre-
sented very accurately the views and wishes
of the comrades present, and it will undoubt-
edly be as acceptable TO the comrades every
where. Let us hope that it will be equally
so to Congress.
In the selection of officers the association
was particularly happy. Gen. w. II. Powell,
the new President, was a brilliant and capa-
BILE soldier He went out as Colonel of the
% Va. Cav, and by virtue of good soldier
ship and unusual talents for command rose
to the command of division in the cavalry
operating in the Shenandoah Valley. He
was severely wounded and left on the field
at Wytheyille, Va, where he was taken
prisoner by the rebels and held in Libby for
several months While there he was vic
tim of the notorious Dick Turner's brutality,
who hated him because he was the Colonel
of loyal Virginia regiment. Turner caused
him TO be placed in foul dungeon in the
basement of Libby, where he remained for
81 days He was finally exchanged for a
son of II. L. Lee. He now resides at Belle
vile, H., where be is an extensive manuiac-
turcr of nails. He is man of commanding
appearance and good voice, and is a pleas
ing and effective speaker. He will make a
good record as President.
Vice President A. T. Decker, of New York,
is an active, enterprising business man, who
has attracted much attention by his success
as President of the New York State Associa-
ton. He will be valuable assistant 10 the
President.
The attendance at the meeting was un-
usually large, and there was the greatest in
terest manifested in all the business that
came before il.
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WORK OF THE PENSION OFFICE.

H..
There were received during the week
ending Sept. "a, 1881, 4,766 claims, of which
S25 were original invalid cases; 351 wild.
ows; war of 1872; IL bohnty land; 4 navy !;
4 old war; 2O5 on account of Mexican war,
and 1864 applications Tor increase. The
total receipts of mail matter were 1926
pieces. There were47, Id letters and cir
culars sent out
There were reported 4,i2O medical exam
nations at cost Of s2f.25s; average cost
per examination, S4,Sl.
For the use of claimants there were 1888
names and postofliee addresses of officers
and comrades
Report of certificates issued during week
ending Sept "a, 1887: Original, $50; in
crease, 6O3; reissue, 1876; restoration, As; du-
plicate, O.; accrued, so; arrears, O; Act of
March ), 1888, o; Order of April 3, 1884. q:
Act of March 3, 1885, o; Order Oct. Z, 1885, / ;
Act of Aug. A, 1856, 1; Supplemental Act
Aug. 4, 1886, 4; Mexican war, 158; total,
1923. Reissue same date, o.
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ALL surviving members of the 125th n. Y.
are requested to enter into communication
at once with Rev. L. ID. Simons, Chaplain of
the regiment Address him at Bloomfield.
NJ. BY desire expressed at the recent Re-
union of the regiment, Chaplain Simons is
preparing history of the regiment to be
published soon in book form.
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GEN. BLACK is suffering from a severe at
tack of rheumatism. He has been confined
to his bed more or less, recently, but most of
the time he manages to get to his Office and
do his work. He sits. at his desk with his
feet stretched out upon a cushion, which is
placed upon stool as high as his chair, and
in this uncomfortable attitude goes through
the routine of the day.
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NEXT weeks issue of the paper viii con-
tain complete account of the National En-
campment at st. Louis. 1t will be prepared
expressly for our columns by the most skill
full hands, and will be q model of modern
reportorial work. 1t will be the only full
and at the same time concise report pub
lished in the weekly press of the country.
Don't miss it.
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nd an opportunity of 'gOisg for f" Lee or 10.

and an opportunity of "goisg for" Lee or Joe
Johnston.
THE DEPARTMENT. OF MISSOURI
Commander KimbaIl CD and his Adiutant-
General. Russell, of the Department of Mis-
souri,, both fine looking, soldierly, business
men, come in, and in the course of a CONVERSE
ton, give most gratifying accounts of the
growth of the Order in their Department.
Since February they have chartered so now
Posts, while every one Of the older ones reports
large increases in membership. The GAR. is
growing as it never did before in all its history.
JOHN MCELROY
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If ANY of our readers want to be aston
ished at the elegance with which a set of
Dickens's complete works can be put up for
a trifle, let them send US S.. The set en-
braces 10 volumes, cloth bound, gilt backs,
prOfusely illustrated. We have never before
seen so cheap a set of books. We have but
q small number Of sets.
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THE annual report of Adpt-Gen. Z. 3. Gray
is one of the most complete reviews of the
numerical condition of the Order ever pre-
sented. Gen. Gray became famous before
the year was up for calling upon the officers
of the Departments for reports as to the con-
dition of affairs. He would be good officer
for Assistant Adjutant-Gen in charge of
a permanent headquarters.
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Dickens's Works.
Fifteen ClOth-BOuDd Books for Sc.

We have come in possession of a number of
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Pictures from iiay Tale Of Two Cities
American Notes. A Message from the Sea-
Dombey Hnd sun. Si1rtclIes by Boz
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j. iwin Difad. Martin ChuzzleNit
Niellnns Niclkleby. Chds History of Eng
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Miscellaneous Pieces
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The most thrilling adventures and hair-breadth
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THE credit of the United States is the
highest in the world because we have lived
within our income and had surplus to
pay our debts. Within quarter of a GEN.
fury we have paid over one thousand mil
lions. The best feature of it is that we have
paid it almost all to our own citizens
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COMMANDER IN CHIEF FAIRCHILD'S
ADDRESS.

Address.
The address of Commander-in-Ch Chief Fair
child, delivered at the ST. Louis Encamp-
ment, will he found TO embrace many things
which are worth rejecting upon. He makes
a dispassionate review of the condition of
public sentiment upon the subject of PEN
sions, and the outcry which has been raised
against the system recently, under the en-
couragement of a more distinguished per-
sonage than has heretofore lent aid 10 the
opposition element. He voices the sentiment
Of all true friends of the worthy disabled
veteran when he calls attention to our duty
TO bend our efforts TO procuring what is
practicable, even at the expense of our own
convictions as TO the full measure of Justice
which the case demands.
The wonderful growth and innate vitality
of the Order is demonstrated in the report
of a mighty roll of 1864 comrades, net
gain in good standing for the year of 25,GO9
men anu OtU OslS.
1t appears that death has gathered to the
final tenting grounds 3,i06 comrades.
Two new Departments-Idaho and Ari-
zona-have been set apart under Provisional
Commanders.
The work Of the Commander-in-Ch Chief
during his term merits the gratitude of the
comrades Of the Order. He has devoted his
entire time 10 his official duties, and in the
midst of trials TO which the Order has been
subjected as seldom if ever before, has
weathered the storm and rounded out his
term with the organization maintaining a
united front and firmly intrenched behind
its bulwarks of Fraternity, Charity and 10y
lols
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THE Presidents efficient Private Secretary
has laid out 1900 mile trip for him at a
cost of some $4,000. The stake is rather
heavy, but-this is great country and he
ought see IL.
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IFTUIIt Hlo LtteFpOOt LOuFteF.I
"Oh, ROwena," exclaimed Voltigern Tape.
measure, dropping on his knees without astrug-
gle. "yOur beauty fires my heart -" my
daughter" said the old Hengist Wheatc0mer.
entering the room, Il will divide the contract
with you will fire the rest of him." Which
he did.
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GEN. JOHN POPE,
GEN. A. j. SMITH,

the idol of the Sixteenth COrps-the famous
"Smith's Guerrillas the General who fought
in every State in the so-called Southern Con-
federacy west of the Aleganies, and never suf.
fered defeat. The old Generals hair-what
there is left of it's white and also his beard,
but his form is erect, his step quick and alert,
and he reads and writes without the aid of
glasses. He wears glasses when ON the streets,
but he explains that these are to aid in scru-
tinizing the ladies, of whom he is growing
fOnder every year. Though the weather to-
day is chilly enough TO make light over
coat very acceptable, the General was clad
in thin, black luster coat and vest,
and expressed himself as very comfort
able. lie never wears an OyercOat, and walks
to and from his house and oiiice-whch are
one and u half miles apart-eyery day He is
Auditor of the city of ST. Louis-having re-
signed from the Regular Army at the close of
the war-and has given great satisfaction in
that posi- tion. He is Gen. Grier's Chief OF Staff
''Gen. Smith" said the latter, " fall in here
at the head We are going down to meet Gen.
Sherman"
but there are ladies with the General" de-
INJURED the old Guerrilla" a. am not dress
ed to meet them" looking with great concern
at his weIl-worn luster coat and vest
Fall in, now! ;" said Gen. Grier, with a great
show of sternness. II obeyed your orders for
two years. and you must obey mine now"
The old General brings his jaunty little rat
tan to a salute, and takes his place, followed by
the admiring glances of q lot of the boys of the
Sixteenth Corps, who think that the only rea-
son the rebellion lasted 50 long was because
their General was not given bigger command
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THE croakers who foresee panic through
the accumulation of Treasury surplus
have not slept well for 10 years from the
same cause precisely, and still things move
right along. The same people have set the
day for the world to come 10 an end periodic
ally for generation or two, and have been
terribly disappointed TO see the sun keep
on rising every morning.
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THE RED ACORN.

This most interesting and ably-written
work, BY John McElroy, Is now having very
large sale. aud the new edition will soon be
exhausted. Send 81 20 The NATIONAL TRB-
UNI and secure a copy.
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-19

tween individuals and factions, Sas:ated
with abuse having exhausted their stock Of
venom and SANDER, they pass beyond lndl-
viduals and factions and hurl their denuncla-
tons at the State in mad fury, making the
i1nperfections of humanity, the fallibility of
men, exclusively the distinction OF Louisiana
an unenyiable notorietY with which they
are reluctant 20 part.
Not satisfied with homemade ISLANDERS and
distru5tlng the ability OF resident artists in
detracton, materials are industIionsly gath
cred and sent abroad to be worked, with cX-
aEgerated coloring of distant imaginations,
into paintings OF distressed Louisiana These
are brought here, aud, with "a self
fore us to let us see how others regard ns.
T,.ese pictures are so shocking and h!deOus
that wonder that the blush Of shame does
not mantle every cheek.
HALT CALLED.
It is time to stop 1t is time to think of
Louisiana and set her interests above those
Of a faction. would flee from the State as
from pestilence did I believe half of what
has been said OF us by some OF our own people
and insultingly paraded abroad.
II it were true that for several years the
State has been dominated by a ca5al, bya
lection her IL sitigent and honest voters, |
should LOSE respect for your courage. Ii it
were true that the machinery Of the election
laws was used to manipulate elections and 10
tllW2fI tLe popular Will suOulu iuhc itslcCt
for yoar intelligence. II 1t Were true that
there has been saturnala of crime and de-
hatchery about the capital, that courts and
Legislatures are venal and the people cor
rupt, | should lose respect for your virtue.
These things and worse have been sid
here, and copied and commented on abroad,
and they do the people 40 credit, but bring
reproach and shame upon the state man
believing such things would be a fool to live
here, and greater one to quit an honest
community to come into conlniuIilty devoid
of courage, intelligence and virtue.
Bat, gentlemen, rcpel thcse accusations
againS. Louisiana. and SO will every citizen
Of the State who wishes her a great future.
| say The records of each and all will prove
the fact that there is no State in the Union
which has government SO economically adj
.nluisEered: there is no State where the law
is more respected and where certain punish
mcnt more speedily and swiftly follows the
commission of crime; there is no State
where the dockats of the courts are less
crowded or where Justice is more speedily adj
,ninistcred; there is no State whose Legisla-
ture is less liable to criticism for corruption
and extravaganza; and there Is no State
with . more intelligent, YirvuouS, moral and
law-abiaing population.
These are Inducements for tic stranger to
make his home among u.s.. 4 genial sun, q
fruitful soil, pure water, 2 healthf1u climate
and moral population, ali invite him.
Let rs help to make Louisiana what she
ought to be, 9 great and prosperous State.
and in the near future we will behold an
auroral splendor. sun-burst OF glory over
the land.